Amid heightened security arrangements in the region for Independence Day, an arms dealer was arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district and a huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized from him, police said on Monday.

A man who allegedly physically and sexually abused his housemaid's three-year-old girl and pierced her with multiple needles in West Bengal's Purulia district was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

The CBI on Wednesday conducted raids at 23 locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand in connection with a graft case registered against the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax and others, an official said.

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.

Supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress clashed with BJP-RSS activists outside a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday after a man allegedly injured in the Basirhat communal violence died in the hospital.

Accusing the BJP of conspiring to instigate unrest in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced the formation of 'Shanti Vahini' (peace force) at booth-level to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she has written to Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and urged for the resumption of non-NET fellowships that were discontinued by the UGC for M.Phil and Ph.D. scholars.

Amid heightened security arrangements in the region for Independence Day, an arms dealer was arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district and a huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized from him, police said on Monday.

A man who allegedly physically and sexually abused his housemaid's three-year-old girl and pierced her with multiple needles in West Bengal's Purulia district was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

The CBI on Wednesday conducted raids at 23 locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand in connection with a graft case registered against the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax and others, an official said.

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.

Supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress clashed with BJP-RSS activists outside a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday after a man allegedly injured in the Basirhat communal violence died in the hospital.

Accusing the BJP of conspiring to instigate unrest in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced the formation of 'Shanti Vahini' (peace force) at booth-level to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she has written to Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and urged for the resumption of non-NET fellowships that were discontinued by the UGC for M.Phil and Ph.D. scholars.

The opposition parties will field a candidate in the Presidential election if the nominee suggested by the government is not acceptable to them, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is looking into West Bengal government's complaint with the board over the discrepancy in the Bengali question paper for NEET, an official said on Tuesday.

Describing the violence and "rampant irregularities" in Sunday's civic polls as a "mockery of democracy", CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday slammed West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress for its "blatant misuse" of the state machinery.

The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to the CEO of Narada news, Mathew Samuel in connection with its money laundering probe in a 'sting' operation where a number of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including MPs and ministers, were allegedly seen taking money on camera.

The Enforcement Directorate or ED, which investigates financial crimes, will investigate charges of money laundering against 12 leaders of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress who have already been named in a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Narada sting operation case. The leaders of West Bengal's ruling party are accused o...

The Criminal Investigation Department of West Bengal police has taken over the probe against BJP youth wing worker Yogesh Varshney after a Trinamool Congress leader in Bolpur filed a complaint against him for making threats to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.